Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000) was a Hungarian middle distance runner who held world records over two distances. Szabó won a silver medal in the first ever European Championship final, finishing second to Luigi Beccali over

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on the first day of the

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. Later in the same championships, Szabó defeated the home favourite, Mario Lanzi, in the final of the

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—the judges awarded him the gold after both men crossed the line in a time of 1:52.0. Szabó was unable to repeat his success at the 1936 Olympics; he was eliminated after finishing fourth in his semi-final over 800 metres and finished seventh in the final of the 1500 metres. Two months after the Olympics, on 4 October 1936, Szabó broke Jules Ladoumègue's world record over 2000 metres with a time of 5:20.4. The following year, on 30 September 1937, he ran 8:56.0 to break

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's world record over two miles.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Szabo, Miklos 1908 births 2000 deaths Hungarian male middle-distance runners World record setters in athletics (track and field) Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing European Athletics Championships medalists 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen